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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
AFlax.pres,lpg pIachlne.

Mr.. w. s. Johnson, OF Belfast, has per-
fected new hax-breaking and scutchin g
machines, which are highly spoken OF.
The Irish Textile Journal writes and de-
scribes them: We will mention the
breaking machine hrst. The dried max
straw is passed through series OF futed
rollers Of special pattern, and graduated
from coarse to fine, thoroughly breakiDg
the woody part of the plant, and removing
most of the shove, and would be q valid
able machine for use in ordinary scutch-
mills. The scutching-maching is of very
simple construction, and does its work in
a very rapid and perfect manner, the
fiber coming from it perfectly free from
straw or shove. The fax straw, as taken
from the sheat, is divided into beats OF
suitable size, and fixed into an iron clamp
of a peculiar kind, and these are
fed into the machine, travelling along paral-
lei bars, and by an ingenious arrange
ment every portion of the straw is sub
jected to the action of the metal breaking
snd cleaning bars, the result of the opera
ton being an exceedingly well-scutched
fax and only q small quantity of tow. 1t
is stated to have given results varying from
10 TO % per cent. Of fax, or from 20 to 80
per cent. over the ordinary average of
mill-scutched fibre. Some of the fax
scutched by this machine has been hacked
in several spinning mills, and the percen-
tsge of dressed lime was found to be
greater than from fax cleansed by the ordi-
nary process. If further experiments on
8 larger scale bear out the favorable expec-
tations formed of this invention it is
destined, we should think, to play very
important part in the future of the trade,
and one OF lis special recommendations is
its small price for the work it is stated 70
be able to complish. -.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Low Price for machine Work.

in agricultural machinery better than
the reduction in prices of cutting grass or
grain. When the moving machine first
came around farmer furnished the team
while some one owning the mower drove
it and cut his grass tor 81 per acre. Now
this sum will cut and bind an acre of
wheat or other grain, the owner Of the
harvester paying for the Irvine, which
averages fifteen to twenty cents per acre.
In some parts Of the West where there are
large fields still lower rates are made, but
the machine. If farmer be at all deficient
in mechanical ability he need not regret
the fact much il he can get machine work
done at this price. There are probably
enough machines now to do the harvesting,
but breakages and bad management make
room for new ones every year.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
s.Whistling.v
Iron the Chicago journal. ]


A comparative new class of music is
likely to be heard good deal Of in Chicago
before any of us are many months older.
This is nothing more nor less than-whist-
lirg. at the first reading, with ones mind
full of recollections of the whistling fend
of the street car, sidewalk and Office, the
statement may appear little far-.etched.
But until one has heard a really accom-
plished whistler like several young peo-
pie know, whistle pretty and intricate
music to an artistic piano accompaniment,
and with faultless regard for time, shad-
ing and so forth, he can have no idea of
the beauty of the accomplishment. The
ordinary human whistle, like the ordinary
human voice, is rough and discordant, and
crates barshly enough on the cultured
ear; but some performa noes / have recent
~ bad the pleasure of listening to convince
me that the really talented whistler has an
object and a future. A notice that saw
recently in New York socie ty paper Of a
young woman whose husband collapsed
suddenly from wealth to penury, and who
is now helping him by earning $25 night
by whistling at private enterta inments,
lends color to my views. The really good
whistler, once heard. becomes so popular
that fancy a school for instruction in
scientific whisiliDg would find ready
road 10 prosperity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20

keep is good and the management ju-
dicious. 1 could produce examples
where 175 lambs have been reared for
every 100 ewes. and that, too, year after
year in large focks. Still, such results are
comparatively rare. have before me,
however, the statistics OF five different
hocks, which may be accepted as afford
ing evidence of fairly average results. In
q small flock OF Southdown ewes the per-
centage Of lambs is 1870; in large flock OF
Oxford Down ewes it is 129; in another
large flock of the same breed it is 1913; IN a
flock OF 500 cross.bred Hampshire ewes it
is 10. and in q flock of GOO S9uthdo wn
ewes it is 100. 1t is well to give the shep-
herd q smaH bonus of six pence or one
shilling for every lamb above the number
of ewes at weaving time. This encourages
him TO do his best to bring the lam bs
safely through the most risky period OF
their lives.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
A Squidge.

Among circus and theatrical people an
admission ticket is called a 'squidge,' !"
said a msn at Forepaugh's circus. THE
origin OF the expression goes back many
years. Along IN the SOS negro boy ap-
piled for admission at a circus in one of the
Southern towns. He had neither money
nor tickets. The door-tender stopped the
lad at the entrance and told him he could
not get into the tent unless he had money,
or its equivalent. The poor boy ran cry
ing to his parents, who asked him why he
was not at the circus. With sob and
face wet with tears, the lad blurted out
that he couldn't get in until he got some
money or 'squidgelum.' The man at the
tent door was very much amused when the
boys tale was told him, and ever after that
q ticket has been known among the. boys
as squidge,' or 'squidgelum.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20

wet weather comes it is extremely difficult
to. have freshly-bound green oats dry
enough to put into the barn with safety.
Many farmers who have self.binders use
their old reapers for cutting oats. 1t takes
nearly twice as much t1ine to bind an acre
OF oats as it does an acre Of wheat. The
oats are more easily bound by hand than
any other grain, as their straw is soft and
pliable, If the oats are down badly, as
they are more apt to be than any other
grain, it is difficult to get a self-binder
down low enough to pick up the grain, as
a good workman will with reaper. But
where the binder will work at all 1t will
make better bundles than a majority of
men who hire out at high prices to work in
the harvest field at binding grain.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Potato sIugs on Tomatoes.

Where there are not plenty Of potatoes
for the beetles to lay their eggs upon they
will flock to the tomato plants and be-
come quite t. oublesome. But If the two
plants are side by side the potato beetle
wall attack the potato by preference. This
is presumably because the parent bug was
Matched and fed on the potato. After one
generation bred on tomatoes this prefer
ence will he reversed. Sometimes the
beetle, not finding either plant, lays her
eggs on grass thistles or weeds, but the
young do not mature unless they can get
their natural and proper food.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Canning Fruits and Vegetables.

Canning fruits is unquestionably great
improvement on the old method of doing
everything up in its weight of sugar for
preservation. By using smaller amount
of sugar the flavor of the fruit is better
preserved and there is greater variety. But
some should also be put up according to
the old method, especially Of the very acid
fruits, which in cans are often too sour to
suit most tastes. Many in cities do not
take the trouble to put up fruit in its sea-
son. They argue that it is nearly or quite
rs cheap to buy, and where fruits can be
brought from the tropics at all times in the
year every season has its own supply.
Few farmers, however, feel like paying out
money for foreign fruits while they have
more delicious varieties from their own
grounds.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Care of CaIving Cows.

A great deal Of trouble is experienced
With cows when calving because of sheer
caTelessnefs. This is q process of nature,
and there should be no t'oubIe; but if we
aDtagonize nature in other directions we
cripple her ell round. Many a COW has no
special attention aid to her either while
SIZE is carrying her calf or at calving time
She is permitted to get along the best she
can; and not ipfrequeDtly the system Is in
such a weakened condition that to expect
her to cslve with ssfety is foolish. But she
should rot be killed with kindness. She
should rot be fattened, for instance. She
should simply be kept in good condition,
and every ores judgment will suggest what
rat is. Milk secretion should not be
greatly encouraged before calviDg. The
animals food should consist principally of
the hone and muscle forming varieties.
And after calviDg great care should be
taken that she does not get cold, aud her
food for a few days should be of a non
stimulating character. The system for a
time needs opportunity to recuperate, aud
Until it has had a chance to do that no ad-
ditioDsl strain should be put upon it; for a
time the machinery should be run az low
speed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
MRS. Bouc,cault,s $50 NIghtgowas

New York Letter in Buffalo News.
Two nightgowns which I saw at my
dressmakers were of good white surah,
shirred all over the shoulders. Each one
contained fifteen yards of surah, which
with $40 for the making brought them up
to sos apiece in cost, to say nothing of the
little matter of laundering week in and
week out. They were beautiful enough
for neglige, but that was not to be their
mission. They were to have purely noe
turnal career. For nightgowns were they
intended from the beginning. Mrs. Bouci-
cault, wife of the eminent Dion, was their
owner.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Farm Notes.

Give the young chicks chance at the in
sects in the orchard and garden.
Do not be afraid to thin out fruit or
plants. The same rule will apply to root
crops.
Carrots often receive great injury from a
few days neglect in wedding at this season.
Fowls will eat great deal OF granuIated
charcoal, As preventive Of disease 1t
Is invaluable.
Boiled potatoes, meat scraps, table
crumbs, ETC., serve better purpose in the
hen house than in the swill barrel
At least one poultry ration dsy-in the
morning-should be soft food-ground
grain mixed with water Or milk.
A farmer In Kentucky keeps the worms
off cabbsge By sprlnkling with two gallons
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
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Price Is cents per box. Sold by all druggists
Dyspepsia.
The symptoms OF this jlsease are the symp-
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20

The proprietor of a hotel at North
Branch, Mich. owns useful dog. In the
morning he takes bell in his mouth and
rings at every door along the hall, and
should some sleepy guest fail to reply,
he bangs the bell against the door until he
gets response. At noon he takes the bell
through the village to notify the boarders
that it is time to eat, and whenever he
comes across boarder he will not cease
ringing until he hears the "All right,
Turk" for which he is waiting.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
BEST. oy the white Butterflies.

Cabbage growers soon learn the true
character of the white butterfly, which
lays the eggs that breed the cabbage worm.
These butterflies are easiest caught early in
the morning, when chilly with the nights
cold. At midday they fly rapidly from
plant to plant. and IL pursued speedily be-
come so shy that it Is impossible to get
near them with a net. There are some
parasites which prey on the worm, and il
the butterflies are thined out early, when
the cabbages are set, the parasites will
take care that what few are left do no
damsge. If the parasite has not appeared
in any neighborhood send to some other
locality for samples and breed it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20

given last night by sixteen OF Storm Lakes
most beautiful and interesting young
ladies was highly appreciated. They were
elegantly dressed aud sung in most
charming manner, winning plaudits of the
entire audience, who pronounced them the
finest breed of short-horns in the country.
A few of them are of rich brown color,
but the majority are spotted brown and
white. Several of the heifers were fiue-
bodied, high-limbed animals, and promise
to prove good property
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20

The editor OF paper at Storm Lake, "a,
show and concert. Consequently he is
making himself scarce for the time being.
His item ran as follows; THE concert
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
a staIwart Republicans Fine Dancing

From the Chicago Daily News
1--WE have always wanted the Republi-
can National Convention at Indianapolis,
said the Hon. John G. New. "All am in
doubt aboutis our hotel capacity, but we
have four or five hotels and l could house
fifty people myself by making dormitory
out of my dancing hail.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Experiments in rIanuring.

Some valuable information is to be de-
rived from the experiments on permanent
and temporary pastures now being carried
out for the second year by Mr.. Martin
John Sutton, with the assistance of DR..
Voelcker, at Dyson's Wood, near Reading.
England. The plots in five sets of expert
ments, manured last year, have been left
uninsured this season, IN order to see the
results. The most striking result, obvious
IN every set of experiments, is the failure
OF heterogeneous manuTes to do any good in
tie second year after application. In fact,
as rule, the growing crop of grass Is worse
where II received sulphate oil ammonia or
nit az of scdalss. year than'where no man-
ure at all was applied IN that season, the
ciovers having been apparently smothered
by The bulk Of coarse grass forced by those
DanuIes last summer, when they produced
the heaviest Gre ps. So far as can be judged
before weighing the crops, now about to be
cut, the best results from last years appli-
cation of manure in every one of the six
sets of experiments will be given by a mix
ture OF supeTphOspbate Of lime and kainit,
80 weight OF the former to 200 weight of
the latter, although in one case dressing
also including 100 weight of nitrate of soda
may stand first. Potash, either in the
form Of kainit or muriate OF
potash, has told greatly of
the growth Of clover. In ruin
sets Of experiments tvslye extra plots have
been MANFRED this year for the frat
time. In these the best results have been
attained, on the whole, by ten tons per
acre OF faTmysrd manure, which not only
enriched the soil bat protected the grass
during the long, cold spring. This
dressing, however, was by far the most
costly Of all the manures the value being
set at 43. Nearly equal results have been
obtaint by the use of five hundred weight
dec0fticated cotton cake, costing Ct 153 /;
or Of four hundred weight basic cinder,
two hundred weight kainit, and one hun
dred weight nitrate of soda, costing 61 Is.
Sd. +; OF of one hundred weight nitrate of
soda and three-fourths hundred weight
muTiate OF potash, costing It's Sd. Ia this
last case the nitrate hiss helped the crop
for the first season, and the merit must
lot be attributed to the basic
cinder, which has been beaten By al equal
weight Of ground coprolites Costing CO
more per acre) wherever the two have
been tired against each other, with kaini.
only in addition. When this years crops
have been cut and weighed, it will be pos
sible TO see which msnures have paid best
lesson, quite accidentally obtained in the
course o. the experimental, should not 20
nnmentioped. In one field, where the ex-
perimental plots were Enclosed in iron
hurdles, while sheep were depastured on
the rest of the field last autumn, there is a
good growth of clover IN the inclosed parts
of the field and scarcely any in the rest.
Either the clover was destroyed by ths
sheep eating out the hearts of the plants,
.orShere was some shedding of seed on the
enclosed plots, the aftermath from which
wa6L6t cat till the middle OF November.
- II So
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20

Tie old rule is to cut oats rather green
and let them lie in the swath one day be-
fore binding. This gave them time to dry
out, and the weight of grain was greater.
Since the use of twine binders has become
general il is getting to be the fashion to
leave oats until pretty ripe, because as they
are bound when cut the center OF a green
bundle Of oats dries out very slowly. II
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Proportion of Lambs to Ewes,

The proportion of lambs to ewes, says
writer in The Farming World, var
les very considerably. On hill farms it Is
considered extremely good management to
rear one lsmb for every eve. IL there are
many barren ewes this can not be done, as
IL Is seldom that twin lambs are me. with
on the hills. In untoward seasons, or with
bad management therefore. the lambs often
do not exceed 10 or so per cent. OF the
ewes. / have known cases in some years,
where this percentage was not exceeded
on arabic sheep farms, while on the same
farms In other seasons $50 per cent. of
the lambs have been reared; the deficiency
in the former case being caused as much
by abortions as by barrenness In the ewes.
Some breeds are of course more prolific
fnan others; bat twins or couples in the
proportion of one-fhird to one-nalf OF the
;fHss axe not uncommon where the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Care of Colts.g

at about the end of the sixth month tn .
colt should be weaned. During the sum-
mer and autumn months he should be
allowed to be at grass, which, il succulent
ard abundant, Will be all that Is required
as food. When taken up in tho autumn
sufficient quantity of the best English hay,
with two or three quarts of bruised oats,
should be given daily. Twice during the
week the colt should receive few carrots
cut up and given raw or steamed, which
would render them more easily assimilat-
ed, and to these little bran should be
mixed.
Plenty Of fresh. clean water should be
accessible to the animal. Protection from
the weather at all times should be provid-
ed, and during the cold sesson warm, we'll
ventilated, sunny quarters are extremely
important. -
The first year of the colts life, especially
the first winter, is the most critical period
of his existence. If through neglect he is
allowed to get out of condition he will
never quite recover from the effects. Con-
stquently proper food and an abundance
of IL, with care to cleanliness of his person
and quarters, are most essential.
Grain never produces large belly, either
UPON the colt or the adult; certainly not
unless fed out in the most extraordinary
manner, which would prove destruction
TO the animal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
The EneCt of Prayers for Rain.


Great jehovah send rs a rain, and send
II quickly. A fine corn crop Is lingering
on the ragged edge"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
Methods OF Feeding Meat.

1t is universally conceded among poultry
raIseTs in our country that a supply of
meat is an absolute necessity to laying
Farmer, but as to methods of meeti1g this
need diversities of opinion are numerous.
Bat not TO expstie.e upon the different
modes in which meat is fed to hens, will
briefly state my opinion on the subj oct,
giving the method which, in my expert.
enoe, hiss proved itself most satisfactory
and pre- fitable.
In summer, wien hens are given their
freedom in roaming about they will obtain
g sufficient quantity OF insects worms, ETC..
to supply their want of animal food. Bat
in the winter, ss they have no such oppor-
tuniiies, the continuation of their animal
diet is dependent upon the owner. The
best method of supplying hens with q
meat diet is to obtain beef creatures
bead, which csn be purchased for 10 or ID
cents from any butcher, and twice or three
times a week, with an old ak, part of il
should be chopped up for them. As bone
is also necessity to hens, when this head
is chopped up, bone and flesh together,
hens receive two very essential elemen of
their necessary diet. After the requisite
supply of meat is chopped of the head
should be allowed to remain in a convent
ent corner in the hen house, that tbs
fowls may have an opportunity to pick it
over and devour the particles of bone and
meat wh CD remain, thus .affordlng them
considerable exercise.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-20
PERSONAL.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Is said to he saw
ing Ss5,0OO year.
REV. J. GEORGE PARE, of York, s,ils for
Europe on June ~ to recuPerste his health.
EMPEROR WILLIAM thanked the German
Reichstag on It's adjournment ON Saturday
for hell ping the national defense.
REV. DIR. McGLySN was the hero Of a
parade OF l., 900 in New York on Saturday
night Banners were carried in the process.
sion bearing the legend " Don't Go to Rome"
Rev. DIR. Il. v. GERHARr, OF Franklin and
Marshall theological seminary, opened the
commencement exercises at the X utztown
Normal school on Sunday with the bsccs-
laureate sermon.
PROF. THOMAS l.. GRAHAM, principal OF
the high school at Wilmington, Del, who
spent his boyhood days near McCalls Ferry,
remembers Ice to have lain along the river
shore there until the Fourth Of July.
KING OrTo, OF Bavaria, the mad king, Ia
fond of PEASANT shooting. But no peasants
are killed, although his majesty faDcies that
he had brought down several. The way
they manage the royal sport is very simple.
A fine hunting rifle is handed to the king
and he Immediately posts himself In one Of
the windows OF his castle. The rifle is loaded
with blank cartridge A man IL hired to
post himself in . thicket and to emerge from
1t ut given signal. Immediately on his ap-
pearance o royal bead Is drawn upou him.
The king hres the man falls and the ser.
wants put him upon q stretcher and carry
him of, while his majesty rubs his bands in
delight. The peasant receives his pay and
puts In his application for another jop. IL Is
tine thing to have crazy king.